Security, jobs top concerns among Iraqis in pre-election polling
Security and jobs were the top concerns cited among Iraqis polled earlier this year in a prelude to Iraqi elections later this month, according to Elvis Zutic, resident director of the National Democratic Institute (NDI) Iraq. Zutic presented findings from the late January NDI poll during a panel presentation on Wednesday at the United States […]Ronald Baygents of the Kuwait News Agency reports:
Security and jobs were the top concerns cited among Iraqis polled earlier this year in a prelude to Iraqi elections later this month, according to Elvis Zutic, resident director of the National Democratic Institute (NDI) Iraq.
Zutic presented findings from the late January NDI poll during a panel presentation on Wednesday at the United States Institute of Peace. The panel topic was "Consolidating Democratic Gains or Cementing Sectarian Divides? Prospects for Iraq's April 30 Elections." The poll, which was broken down among four regions of Iraq — Baghdad, the South, the North and the West — showed that among all Iraqis, 41 percent believed their country was going in the right direction, Zutic said.
